alliancesjr: (Artoo - RAM)
Kevin ([personal profile] alliancesjr) wrote2009-08-11 05:41 pm

Decision made

I'm placing the order for the first choice now.

This is exciting. Already thinking of new names. Hopefully by this time next week I won't have to use Tessa's computer for updates.

Essential large-scale purchases suck, though. I'm going to have to rebudget my fall now.


EDIT: Totally neat bonus: This purchase puts me over the Free Ticket threshold on my frequent flyer miles. Next vacation I take, I won't have to pay for the flight (except for baggage).

EDIT 2: Order placed; my machine will be built on the 14th. Free shipping!

SON OF EDIT: Just to clarify; it's the top build in my previous post. I'm picking up a monitor too since I don't have one (and a fresh pair of speakers since the pair I'm using technically aren't mine), so deduct about a hundred twenty/hundred thirty from that cost and that's what the actual computer itself is. (Minus the additional $30 coupon.)

It also doesn't say in that screencap, but it includes a free upgrade to Windows 7 when that comes out, and I'll be either borrowing my father's copy of Office 2000 or asking my uncle for a copy of 2007. Since the latter is dependant on my father not being able to find the discs, this should tell you that I really don't want to spend any more money for the rest of the year.

[identity profile] queenanthai.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
EDIT: Totally neat bonus: This purchase puts me over the Free Ticket threshold on my frequent flyer miles. Next vacation I take, I won't have to pay for the flight (except for baggage).

You know, I hear winter is a really nice time in New Orleans.

[identity profile] alliancesjr.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
See above: Not wanting to spend any more money for the rest of the year.

[identity profile] queenanthai.livejournal.com 2009-08-13 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Winter can be next year. *whistles innocently*

[identity profile] alliancesjr.livejournal.com 2009-08-13 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I make no promises.

[identity profile] johnrudy.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Why'd you get a monitor? I offered you my Acer ... Or did you need something bigger?

[identity profile] alliancesjr.livejournal.com 2009-08-12 11:41 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't see that until after I'd placed the order. I'm sorry.

[identity profile] johnrudy.livejournal.com 2009-08-13 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
No problem, bud. Just an offer!

I have two monitors that may never get used again -- that one and the nice 22" Samsung. There's still hope for the 22, as I occasionally use it with the Mac, but if I never get around to replacing that PC, I may be in the market to unload the both of them.

(Also, to be fair, whatever monitor you just got was likely way better than the Acer, which is somewhat older. It looked really good when I first got it, but once I got the Mac, I realized how dim and off-white the screen was ... To be fair, no PC monitor matches the Mac's gamma correctly, but the difference between the two was enough to give me headaches when I used the Acer with the Mac for dual-screen goodness.)